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Title: death extract for my greatx3 granny
Post by: BevStimpson on Thursday 14 May 15 11:43 BST (UK)
can anyone please decipher this extract please?
totally lost, I can barely make out any words!
Title: Re: death extract for my greatx3 granny
Post by: lizdb on Thursday 14 May 15 11:54 BST (UK)
Ive seen a lot worse!

First column looks like:

Jane Drain
Agricultural worker
Widow of Henry Drain
Something labourer
Title: Re: death extract for my greatx3 granny
Post by: BevStimpson on Thursday 14 May 15 12:12 BST (UK)
Thank you, Henry is listed as various types of Labourer so no suprise there! I'm trying to work out if her father's name is listed as James or John since we always believed it was John, but it looks more like James! Since the name of the informant appears to be her sister - I think thats what it says, she would know her dad's name  :)
Title: Re: death extract for my greatx3 granny
Post by: Maza on Thursday 14 May 15 12:51 BST (UK)
Looks like ? field labourer....Maza
Title: Re: death extract for my greatx3 granny
Post by: GR2 on Thursday 14 May 15 13:02 BST (UK)
Jane Drain  Agricultural worker  Widow of Henry Drain  Printfield labourer

1888  April  Fifteenth  1h. 30 m. P.M.  1 New Street  [       ]  Pollokshaws

F.

67 Years

James McLellan  Fisherman  dec.  Elizabeth McLellan  M. S. Connolly  dec.

Heart Disease  1 yesr  As cert. by Charles [     ] M. B.  C. M.

Elizabeth Fraser  Her  X  mark  Sister  Present  [        ] Assist. Registrar  Witness

1888  April 16  at Pollokshaws  [         ] Assist. Registrar